The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (Quirk Books)
Philippa Gregory
The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
A Twisted Faith by Gregg Olsen
Fallen [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘books’
November 23, 2009
Buffy vs. Edward – if only Bella were this cool
This Buffy vs. Edward mash up has been circling the blogosphere for awhile now, but if you haven’t seen it yet, you’re in for a treat…
November 22, 2009
Fallen for “Fallen” – what to read after “Twilight”
Strange and menacing shadows have haunted seventeen-year-old Luce since she was young, slinking around corners and circling overhead whenever she was near forests, water, dark places. But they never issued a tangible threat until one fateful night involving the mysterious fire and suspicious death of her boyfriend. Luce was there but can’t remember anything from [...]
November 10, 2009
Calling all readers! Help a girl out – take my quick survey
Have you ever seen a book trailer? Book trailers can be made of music and text set to still images, acted out, or animated. They can also contain interviews with authors.
Please take my survey on book trailers for a graduate school project – it will take you less than 5 minutes and will be a [...]
November 9, 2009
Breaking Dawn to become a movie
*spoilers*
I don’t know much about clevvertv.com but in August they reported that Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer’s last novel in the Twilight saga, will indeed be made into a film like the first three books, Twilight, New Moon (hitting theaters next week) and Eclipse.
The article says that Melissa Rosenberg, the movie’s screenwriter, hinted that part of [...]
October 31, 2009
If this book was butter…
These are so lovely, I have to share: illustrations by Brian Wildsmith in A Child’s Garden of Verses.
I couldn’t express it better than Vintage Kids’ Books:
if this book was butter, right now I would be smearing it all over toast
Get the book here.
October 23, 2009
Famous authors on fairytales
Wicked parents, sleeping beauties (or princes?), quests, disguises, magic, love, danger… the Guardian has great a fairytale series going on with retellings and analysis by writers such as Philip Pullman, Marina Warner, and AS Byatt. Thanks to Monica Edinger (another interesting blogger, and Alice fan, discovered!) @ educating alice for pointing it out.
October 23, 2009
And I thought Twilight couldn’t get any creepier
One night in Twilight-world, Edward reveals to Bella that he has snuck into her room to watch her sleep, and that’s he’s been doing so for, oh, about a month. But Bella doesn’t mind, or think this is creepy, or any kind of violation, because it’s sooooo romaaaaantic.
Now Edward can watch you while you [...]
October 8, 2009
Where the Wild Artists Are
Check out this fantastic blog displaying a growing collection of art inspired by Where The Wild Things Are. All of the pieces are unique and gorgeous, but here are my favorites:
Learn more about the project and the artists – even buy a piece – here.
